Squash News

Shahier Razik of Toronto and Ottawa's Runa Reta both lost their first-round matches Wednesday at the Hong Kong Open squash championships. The unseeded Razik dropped a 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6 decision to No. 8 seed Lee Beachill of England. Dominique Lloyd-Walter of England, the No. 16 seed, defeated Reta _ who entered the main draw as a qualifier _ 9-3, 9-2, 10-8. There were a handful of upsets on the ...

England defeated Egypt 2-0 in the final of the women's world team squash championships on Sunday while Canada finished well back in 13th. Vicky Botwright opened the best-of-three final with a 3-2 victory over Engy Kheirallah. Tania Bailey sealed the win for England with a 3-0 victory over Omneya Abdel Kawy, who retired in the third game with an injury. Malaysia won the bronze medal with a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands. Canada defeated Japan 2-1 in the 13th/14th ...

England, Egypt, Malaysia and the Netherlands all advanced to the semifinals on Thursday at the women's world team squash championships, while Canada was upset by Germany in its opening match in the consolation round. England, the top-seed, defeated New Zealand 3-0. Tania Bailey defeated Shelley Kitchen 6-9, 9-7, 9-4, 9-2; Vicky Botwright took Jaclyn Hawkes 9-2, 9-4, 9-3 and Jenny Duncalf beat Louise Crome 9-0, 9-0. Botwright, Duncalf and Bailey ...

Carolyn Russell of Winnipeg earned a 7-9, 9-5, 9-2, 9-0 victory over Amnah El Trablosy Tuesday, but Canada lost 2-1 to second-seed Egypt on the last day of round-robin play at the women's world team squash championships. The Canadians head to the consolation round to battle for ninth place. After Russell's victory, Egypt tied the match at 1-1 as Omneya Abdel Kawy, ranked ninth in the world, beat Runa Reta ...

Canada lost 2-1 loss to France on Sunday in its opening match at the women's world team squash championship. With the loss, Canada faces an uphill battle to advance to the playoff round. Runa Reta of Ottawa lost the opening match to world No. 16 Isabelle Stohr 2-9, 9-7, 9-4, 9-3. Camille Serme then clinched France's win by defeating Vancouver's Melanie Jans 9-5, 9-5, 5-9, 0-9, 9-2. Canada got it's ...

Nick Matthew advanced to the semifinals of the British Open squash championships on Saturday when fellow Englishman James Willstrop was forced to retire. Willstrop, who was struck by a severe case of food poisoning earlier this month, conceded the match after Matthew won the first two games 11-7, 11-5. ``I've been feeling fine generally but it's the first time I've had to push myself against somebody of Nick's calibre,'' Willstrop said. ``I felt weirdly tired during some points ...

Scotland's John White stunned world No. 1 Amr Shabana of Egypt 3-2 in the first round of the British Open squash championships on Friday. Shabana was two points away from victory in the fourth game but White came back to win in a tiebreak and also took the deciding game for a 11-7, 10-11, 9-11, 11-10, 11-5 win. ``I had a game plan and stuck to it, which I haven't done for a long time,'' White said. The ...

David Palmer overcame a two-set deficit and beat Gregory Gaultier of France 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 16-14, 11-2 to win squash's World Open on Wednesday at the foot of the Giza pyramids. The second-ranked Australian won US$20,000 while Gaultier took home US$14,000. The event was played at an open-air, all-glass court at Giza for the first time since 1999.

Top-ranked and No. 1 seed Amr Shabana overcame an early setback and beat England's Peter Barker 11-7, 5-11, 11-4, 11-6 in the first round of squash's World Open, played at the foot of the Pyramids of Giza. Canadians Graham Ryding and Shahir Razil were both knocked out. Ryding was beaten by No. 6 Peter Nicol of England 11-4, 5-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-10 (2-0) while Razil dropped an 8-11, 11-9, 5-11, ...

Results from Friday in the World Open squash championship (seedings in parentheses): First Round Men Amr Shabana (1), Egypt, def. Peter Barker, England, 11-7, 5-11, 11-4, 11-6. David Palmer (2), Australia, def. Aamir Atlas Khan, Pakistan, 11-6, 11-6, 11-3. Thierry Lincou (3), France, def. Alister Walker, England, 11-4, 7-11, 11-2, 11-6. Ramy Ashour, Egypt, def. James Willstrop (4), England, withdrew, illness. Anthony Ricketts (5), Australia, def. Omar Mosad, Egypt, 11-7, ...